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maltatoday, SUNDAY, 22 NOVEMBER 2015 53 Sport BOV Premier League Pembroke Athleta - Qormi .................. 0-0 Naxxar Lions - Birkirkara .................... 2-2 Today 14:00 Mosta - Floriana 16:15 Hibernians - Balzan England - Premier League Watford - Manchester United .............. 1-2 Chelsea - Norwich City ....................... 1-0 Everton - Aston Villa ........................... 4-0 Newcastle United - Leicester City ........ 0-3 Southampton - Stoke City ................... 0-1 Swansea City - AFC Bournemouth ....... 2-2 West Bromwich Albion - Arsenal ......... 2-1 Manchester City - Liverpool ................ 1-4 Today 17:00 Tottenham H. - West Ham United Tomorrow 21:00 Crystal Palace - Sunderland Italy - Serie A Bologna - Roma ................................ 2-2 Juventus - Milan ................................ Late Today 12:30 Hellas Verona - SSC Napoli 15:00 Atalanta - Torino 15:00 Carpi - ChievoVerona 15:00 Fiorentina - Empoli 15:00 Genoa - Sassuolo 15:00 Lazio - Palermo 15:00 Udinese - Sampdoria 20:45 Inter - Frosinone Spain - Liga BBVA Real Sociedad - Sevilla ....................... 2-0 Real Madrid - Barcelona ..................... 0-4 Espanyol - Malaga ............................. Late Valencia - Las Palmas ......................... Late Deportivo La Coruna - Celta Vigo ......... Late Today 12:00 Sporting Gijon - Levante 16:00 Villarreal - Eibar 18:15 Granada - Athletic Bilbao 20:30 Real Betis - Atletico Madrid Tomorrow 20:30 Getafe - Rayo Vallecano Germany - Bundesliga Borussia M. - Hannover 96 ................. 2-1 Eintracht Frankfurt - B.Leverkusen ...... 1-3 FC Cologne - Mainz 05 ....................... 0-0 VfB Stuttgart - Augsburg ..................... 0-4 Wolfsburg - Werder Bremen ............... 6-0 Schalke 04 - Bayern Munich .............. 1-3 Today 15:30 Hertha Berlin - Hoffenheim 17:30 Ingolstadt - Darmstadt Football Results & Fixtures SPORTTODAY FOOTBALL Lions' late comeback stuns Birkirkara Naxxar Lions ............... 2 Birkirkara ................... 2 DESPITE playing for more than 30 minutes with 10 men, Naxxar Li- ons produced an amazing come- back to deny Birkirkara from go- ing joint first with Valletta in an entertaining 2-2 draw at the Vic- tor Tedesco Stadium in Hamrun. Playing without their Italian striker Fabrizio Miccoli, Birkirka- ra made no fewer than five chang- es from the team which drew with Floriana while Naxxar made three changes from their last outing. The stripes started off the brightest and took the lead af- ter 40 minutes through a clever finish by Slovenian striker Vito Plut. Bolstered by their opener, Birkirkara pressed ahead and two minutes later, the Stripes doubled their lead thanks to Ellinton An- tonio Costa Morais, who placed the ball at the back of the net from Juan Quero Barroso's cross. At half time, the Stripes' lead looked insurmountable and vic- tory was all but secured when Naxxar were reduced to ten men after Angus Buhagiar received a second yellow card on 55 min- utes. However, Birkirkara failed to capitalise on their technical and numerical superiority as Naxxar refused to give up. The Lions started their improb- able comeback on 76 minutes thanks to Demba Toure who took advantage of a misplaced pass to beat Justin Haber with a fine shot from the right. Five minutes later, a revitalised Naxxar levelled the score when Demba Toure's attempt off the rebound was blocked by a de- fender and Richard Cardozo took the loose ball and with a low shot from outside the area, he placed the ball at the back of the net. The shocked Stripes tried to re- store their lead and in the dying moments substitute Zach Muscat saw his shot go wide to leave the Birkirkara fans disappointed at their team's failure to go joint first with bitter rivals Valletta. NAXXAR Julian Azzopardi, Blazo Rajovic, Andrew Scicluna, Demba Toure, Moise Zady Gnenegbe, Ri- chard Carlos Cardozo, Sidoine Oussou (46' David Fenech), Jurgen Debono (74' Duane Bonnici), An- gus Buhagiar, Emiliano Lattes (73' Daren Falzon), Armando Tarlazis Vieira dos Santos. Subs not used: Luke Pecorella, Yaron Sammut, Mark Fenech, Nathan Alex Vella. Coach: Clive Mizzi BIRKIRKARA Justin Haber, Cain Attard (86' Edward Herre- ra), Zach Muscat, Mauricio Maz- zetti (64'Gareth Sciberras), Ryan Camenzuli, Emerson Marcelina, Rowen Muscat, Ryan Scicluna, Ellinton Antonio Costa Morais, Vito Plut, Juan Quero Barroso (71' Frank Temile). Subs not used: Ini Etim Akpan, Nikola Vukanac, Kurt Zammit, Fabien Lufi. Coach: Giovanni Tedesco Referee: Sandro Spiteri Assistant Referees: Alan Camill- eri, Thomas Debono Additional Assistant Referees: Marco Borg, Stefan Pace Fourth Official: Luke Portelli Yellow Cards: Buhagiar, Mand- inho, Scicluna Red Cards: 55' Angus Buhagiar Scorers: 40' Ryan Scicluna, 43' El- linton Antonio Costa Morais, 76' Demba Toure, 80' Richard Car- dozo BOV Player of the Match: Marce- lina Emerson Attendance: 763 PHOTOGRAPHY BY RAY ATTARD